Schering-Plough asked for more info on Organon buy

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Schering-Plough
SGP, +0.51%
said it received a request from the Federal Trade Commission for more information regarding its planned purchase of Akzo Nobel's human and animal health care businesses Organon BioSciences. The company said it would fully cooperate with the FTC, and still believes the acquisition will close by year-end 2007. The stock closed Thursday up 40 cents at $32.11.

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